Environmental effects of applying composted organics to new highway embankments: Part 2. Water quality

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 471-478

  Glanville, T D ^a   Persyn, R A ^b   Richard, T L ^c   Laflen, J M ^a   Dixon, P M ^d  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c Dept of Agric and Biosystems Eng ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost; Construction; Erosion; Metals; Nutrients; Roads; Runoff

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS;

COMPOSTED ORGANICS; STORMWATER;

WATER QUALITY;

COMPOST; EMBANKMENT; EROSION CONTROL; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 3042850482     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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